Owner of hero dog fined for walking on tracks

AP , Associated Press

Apr. 9, 20138:46 AM ET

AYER, Mass. (AP) — A Shirley woman who made headlines when she passed out on train tracks and her beloved pit bull suffered devastating injuries while dragging her out of the way of an oncoming train has been fined $100.

Police say the 54-year-old Spain was intoxicated as she walked home from her boyfriend's house and passed out. The train operator saw Lilly the dog pull the woman off the tracks. Lilly was struck and suffered a broken pelvis and had a leg amputated.

Spain's son, a police officer, said he bought Lilly as a therapy dog as his mother battled alcoholism, and she doted on the animal.

AYER, Mass. (AP) — A Shirley woman who made headlines when she passed out on train tracks and her beloved pit bull suffered devastating injuries while dragging her out of the way of an oncoming train has been fined $100.